Anyone starting Wegovy in April?

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I’m picking up my first prescription as soon as I get paid next week. Very excited to get started!
Anyone else?

I have ordered today so should be with me in the next few days. Excited and nervous at the same time 😬

Mine has arrived today

I'm literally sat at my kitchen table trying to pluck up the courage to take it. I was so geared up to take it last week but experienced delays with medexpress, so I switched to another pharmacy. It arrived Tuesday and today was meant to be the day and I've just bottled it.

I'm not sure what to do now and whether I should abandon the whole idea or not.

Ok finally 7hrs later I plucked up the courage to do it. I sat down and began to prime the pen. Then I had a complete wobble for about 20minutes and couldn't do it. Then I suddenly thought- oh the pen will get warm if I keep holding it like this and I just jabbed it in without thinking. Then I thought 'what have I just done?' And then thought, 'well I'm committed now' and gave the shot!

I'm such a baby!😂

My starting weight is 14st9
BMI is 30.4
Goal weight 11st5 - my BMI would be 23.5 at that weight - so feels like a good place to land.

Has anyone else done their first shot?

@Weightyloss did mine on Thursday night, was terrified, but it was fine.

I’m definitely less hungry. DH forced me to eat scrambled eggs earlier, but I could’ve quite happily gone without

Nothing really for me, had some tingling thr first 8hrs which was strange.

When did the appetite surpression kick in for you?

I’m on day 3 today and would’ve happily gone without food all day. Just forced myself to have lunch and couldn’t finish it all. Im tracking calories and I’m having about 800 calories a day less that the norm.

My finger is hovering over the pay now button but I'm nervous! I found my way here trawling threads for info to help make my mind up. I was leaning towards Wegovy as understood it to have fewer side effects but lots of threads on here say the opposite 😬
What swayed you all to Wegovy?

For me, honestly it's because there's more long term data on semiglutide compared to trizepitide. Also I don't have that much to lose - 3.5 stone - I need to get on and do it for sure, but if I lost a stone and a half I'm down to BMI of 27. MJ felt like a bit of a sledgehammer in my circumstance, given how much it works on appetite suppression.

I want to diet and I need help controlling my hunger while I get on and do it. I don't have horrendous food noise until I start dieting - it's like psychologically the moment you tell me I can't have something, it's all I can think about, which has twarted my attempts to lose the weight so far. Off diet though and living normally, I don't think about food that much.

My DH on the other hand, has a lot more weight to lose - 7stone+. He has alot of obesity related risk factors, including fatty liver disease. He has a poor relationship with food, and his food noise is off the scale all the time.

So he's going on MJ. For me, I don't think I need such the dual action, more effective/aggressive med - but I know I can swap to MJ if it comes to it. I don't know if the way I've thought it through is correct or not. I may well regret my decision, but it feels like a rational approach. Only time will tell.

I'm genuinely hoping I can stay on the lower dose of wegovy throughout. Equally there's a bit of a placebo effect. These meds are no joke and I am someone who will always follow the rules. So by injecting it - even if it doesn't help my appetite suppression, I am acutely aware that fatty/greasy foods will likely make me feel sick, that I need to eat smaller portions because of the slower digestion, that drinking water is key as is eating protein and lifting weights. So even if its not doing much for my appetite, just knowing that I'm taking it - will to some degree stop me making bad choices because of the risk of side effects, if that makes sense?

How nice of you all to respond!
My prescription is sitting in the pharmacy - was meant to have my tax rebait (spelling?) last week but not come yet so waiting for my wage to tick in on Thursday and then I’ll be taking my first dose that evening 😱

I am a long term Wegovy person! In fact was ozempic when I started!!
I started in December 2022 am 5 tall and weighted 14 stones.
Now I'm 9 10 so only just in a normal BMI .
I found it to be absolutely life changing.
I have been taking the highest dose of 2.4 mgs for quite some time but only fortnightly because of the cost really.
I think I have now developed a tolerance and old cravings are re emerging.
I haven't had any serious side effects except my cholesterol is much improved and my blood test for diabetes which was creeping up is now entirely normal.
Please don't hesitate it will really help you .
I am just changing to mounjaro now because I'd really like to make sure my waist measurements is in the normal range. Good luck to you all

Me again! Just had my first injection yesterday! Nothing different yet I don’t think - excited and hopeful!

@Weightyloss we are the same as you, I’m on wegovy and DH started Mounjaro three days after me.
I wasn’t a sufferer of food noise anyway, can quite happily go all day skipping meals prior to the jab, but I have noticed I get full quicker and I don’t get cravings now
DH is greedy and will overeat

I’m almost at the end of my first week on Wegovy(injection day tomorrow) and have lost 6 pounds. I’m so pleased 😀

That's awesome. Similar to me - I've lost 6lbs but 4lbs from starting wegovy, I started 'the diet' on the Monday, took the injection on the Friday.

How were the side effects for you?

I felt a bit woozy the morning after taking it, but since then have had nothing

Hi all - also a new starter on Wegovy here. I am 5 5 1/2 and 13 st 6 so have about 2.5/3 stone to lose. My DH started on it in Jan, has lost over a stone so finally took the plunge! Took my first dose on Monday, already feeling big reduction in hunger. No bad side effects yet. Really, really hoping this works as I feel so rubbish at this weight.

Have just done my first dose Wegovy, good to have this forum as most of them seem to be about Mountjaro. Hoping for not too much in the way of side effects.

Had my 2nd dose Thursday night, can barely eat since which is obviously great! I might need to move my injection timings though as I’m struggling to sleep afterwards

I had my second injection last night. I’ll be honest—last week was tough. I felt completely wiped out: constant tiredness, stomach pain, headaches, and nausea. Every day felt like a struggle, and at one point I seriously considered stopping. Tuesday was by far the worst (I inject on Fridays), but thankfully things started to improve by Thursday, and I decided to continue. Today’s actually the first day I’ve felt more like myself again.

The appetite suppression has been noticeable but not extreme. I still get hungry, but I’m much more in tune with when to stop eating when I do eat.

Interestingly, the medication has highlighted a few things I’d suspected for a while—like food sensitivities. For example, I had raw onion in a salad and was hit with a terrible headache later that night. I’d felt a bit off from onions before, but this amplified.

I’ve also noticed I’ve been more irritable—snapping at DH without meaning to. I suspect I may need to increase my calorie intake slightly to balance things out. I'm basically hangry without realising it!

On a more positive note, I treated myself to a new pair of jeans recently. I could get them on and done up, though they’re not quite wearable yet. They’ve become my NSV. I also bought tailored trousers in the same size… those didn’t make it past my hips! So I know I’ve got a way to go.

Just an update, I stayed on 0.25mg for a second month. I've taken what is now my 7th dose and in total I've lost 19.5lbs (almost at 20!) From 1st April. It's all coming off my stomach and hips which means I've dropped dress sizes too. Wouldn't mind if some of the weight loss came off my bingo wings now..... but have to keep persevering.

The appetite suppression has largely worn off but so too has the side effects. I will be ordering the 0.5mg for my next pen.

In the meantime I'm trying my hardest to stick to the diet. Basically days 5-7 the hunger really starts to creep in but I've got a general routine for eating in place that helps.

Protein shakes, eggs and chicken soup have been my friend. Bread is still the enemy 😂

Hiya - 19lbs is amazing, well done! I am down a stone, also stuck with 0.25mg for month 2 but decided to increase to 0.5mg next month. Side effects largely gone although agree that I can't happily eat much bread. Starting to feel better in myself overall - less sluggish and achy, and I think I feel a bit more cheerful and calm. Overall it's working for me, although I still feel I have a way to go in embedding good eating habits. Mainly, I have got control of snacking and portion sizes, but getting into a better rhythm of planning and cooking healthy meals needs work (just so busy!). How is everyone else getting on?

Hey just jumping on. Not an April starter but I have just received my first Wegovy pen so I’ll be starting it Sunday I think. Feeling nervous about injecting. I don’t want to get it wrong. I’ve watched videos so I’m sure it will be okay!
Starting weight 21st 6lb so I have a lot to lose.
how have side affects been so far?

They weren't great for me but they did settle down after 2 weeks. I just felt rough- almost like hungover. My tummy was unsettled, I had a headache, I felt really tired etc etc. It felt like a slog but it did get better. I'd say for me though the meds hit hard - like I lost my appetite big time on the lowest dose immediately. I was also anxious about it all though which I'm sure made things worse. They absolutely did settle down though - although I'm expecting them to come back when I take my 0.5mg pen on Friday. We'll see. I took 0.25mg for 7 weeks because of my side effects, I felt like I needed to be on the lowest dose for longer.

DH had zero side effects but also had no appetite suppression. He was 22st and despite not having much appetite suppression, he did feel fuller quicker when eating which massively helped (he also stopped snacking) and he's lost 2stone in 6 weeks. Again sounds like loads but the first week like me - he just dropped loads of water weight and he's been losing about 3.5lbs a week since. He moved up to 0.5mg after 4th injection and he's feeling the appetite suppression a bit stronger now and he's still not got much in the way of side effects. The odd headache and that's about it.

My weightloss is now a sort of steady 2lbs a week after the initial 2 weeks where I dropped almost 10lbs (basically I lost the bloat which despite probably not being fat per se - still makes you feel a lot lighter!). DH's weight loss will need to slow down and I think it will when he hits about 18stone.

There's a good video on YouTube with a lady who walks you through the injection. I'd watch her as I was doing it. The injections don't hurt in the slightest - you literally don't feel it. Pinching the skin hurts more than the injection.

Me too really at the same point, now 7 weeks in , I am less achy, less lethargic etc.